She doesn’t worry about her family\par when it snows.\par She has given them all good, warm clothes.\par
Nahum 2:4 - Easy To Read Version The chariots race wildly through the streets.\par They rush back and forth through the square.\par They look like burning torches,\par like lightning flashing\par from place to place!\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The chariots rage in confusion in the streets; they run to and fro [in wild terror] in the broad ways. They flash with steel [making them appear like torches]; they rush [in various directions] like forked lightnings. American Standard Version (1901) The chariots rage in the streets; they rush to and fro in the broad ways: the appearance of them is like torches; they run like the lightnings. Common English Bible The chariots race wildly through the streets; they rush back and forth through the squares. They look like flaming torches; they dart like bolts of lightning. Catholic Public Domain Version They have become confused on their journey. The four-horse chariots have collided in the streets. Their appearance is like torches, like lightning dashing around. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are in confusion in the ways, the chariots jostle one against another in the streets: their looks are like torches, like lightning running to and fro. |
She doesn’t worry about her family\par when it snows.\par She has given them all good, warm clothes.\par
You sent your officers\par to insult the Lord my Master.\par You said,\par ‘\{I am very powerful!\}\par I have many, many chariots. {\cf2\super [354]} \par \{With my power I defeated Lebanon.\}\par I climbed the highest mountains\par of Lebanon. {\cf2\super [355]} \par I cut down all the great trees (armies)\par of Lebanon.\par I have been to the highest mountain\par and into the deepest part of that forest.\par
Look, the Lord is coming with fire. The Lord’s armies are coming with clouds of dust. The Lord will punish those people with his anger. The Lord will use flames of fire to punish those people while he is angry.
Look! The enemy rises up like a cloud.\par His chariots {\cf2\super [25]} look like a wind storm.\par His horses are faster than eagles.\par It will be very bad for us!\par We are ruined!\par
Horse soldiers, charge into battle.\par Chariot drivers, drive fast.\par March on, brave soldiers.\par Soldiers from Cush and Put,\par carry your shields.\par Soldiers from Lydia,\par use your bows.\par
Those crowd of men will come to you. They will come riding on their horses and in their chariots. There will be many, many people. They will have their spears, shields, and helmets. They will gather together around you. I will tell them what you have done to me. And they will punish you their own way.
There will be so many of his horses that the dust from them will cover you. Your walls will shake at the noise of horse soldiers, wagons, and chariots {\cf2\super [213]} when the king of Babylon enters the city through your city gates. Yes, they will come into your city because its walls will be pulled down.
The Lord my Master says these things, “I will bring an enemy from the north against Tyre. That enemy is Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon! He will bring a very large army. There will be horses, chariots, {\cf2\super [212]} horse soldiers and many, many other soldiers! Those soldiers will be from many different nations.